Historic Sites in East Palo Alto, CA

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Housed in the old San Mateo County Courthouse, the History Museum is where they preserve the rich history of th...

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Formerly Saline City, Drawbridge is a California ghost town that is centered around an abandoned railroad sta...

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- George Washington Patterson came west in 1849 to seek his fortune in the goldfields of California. Instead he ...

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Beginning with the Ohlone people, who harvested salt for local use and regional trade, small scale salt production on...

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In 1894 Andrew Hallidie, inventor of San Francisco?s cable cars, built an aerial tramway on his hillside property, Ea...

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The first court house where Alameda County government began, June 6, 1853. Officials met in two-story wooden building...

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Otis M. Carrington is best remembered as one of the world?s foremost composers of operettas for children. In 1912, Mr...

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Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree, the Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had...

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Because of its location at the mouth of the Guadalupe River, Alviso was deemed the ideal location for a seaport. In t...

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Joseph Silviera Leal and Julia Perry Leal built this tank house on their ranch in the Mission San Jose area of Fremon...

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Hendy Stamp Mill During the California Gold Rush, Hendy Iron Works built mining and stamp mill machinery exclusively....

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About three hundred feet south of this monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw m...

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The 1959 invention of the Planar Process by Jean A. Hoerni and the Integrated Circuit (IC) based on planar technology...

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Principal of Sequoia High School Superintendent of Sequoia Union High School District 1921 1948 In the room at the fo...

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Originally built as a private home, the house was remodeled in 1904 to serve as a boarding house for PG&E employees. ...

San Mateo County History Museum